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Date:      Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:25:14 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Q: Extending the sysctl MIB for Linuxulator variables 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908161921530.34377-100000@freja.webgiro.com>
In-Reply-To: <199908161709.KAA10454@apollo.backplane.com>

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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:

> 
> :
> :On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :
> :> :>2) under "kern.emu.linux"
> :> :>3) under "linux"
> :> :
> :> :I vote for 3.
> :> :
> :> :--
> :> :Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
> :> :phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
> :> :FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!
> :> 
> :>     Ditto.  Linux emulation is going to become increasingly important,
> :>     burying deep would just make everyone's life more difficult.
> :
> :Well, it's also a module, so perhaps we should create the whole subtree
> :for modules (as was already discussed several times..)
> :
> :Andrzej Bialecki
> 
>     Yes, this is very true.  But I think we are fooling ourselves if we 
>     believe linux emulation will not become 'standard' in the near future.
>     Then we'll kick ourselves for giving the sysctl's convoluted names :-)

Yeah... Then, the next in line after "linux" are: ibcs2 and svr4 and
whatever comes next. Can you live with them as main sysctl categories?

Andrzej Bialecki

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